A roundtable in Singapore on Aug 27, organized by The Business Times and Accenture, highlighted that while 90% of organizations have implemented AI, 46% of technology leaders say no roles have been re…
At a Business Times roundtable on Aug 27, Singapore Business Federation CEO Kok Ping Soon warned that AI's easy availability could lead to 'cognitive surrender' among junior workers, urging employers,…
Nearly 45% of 100 energy sector professionals polled across South-east Asia cited increased pressure on energy supply and infrastructure as the biggest impact of data centre growth on Singapore's ener…
PropertyGuru Group managing director for Singapore Yao Lu said the way Singaporeans search for homes has changed more in the past few years than in the previous 15 combined, with listings now first di…
Rising long-term Treasury yields, not hype, pose the biggest risk to AI valuations, according to Gary Tan, portfolio manager at Allspring Global Investments, who spoke on The Business Times' Market Fo…
Deal value in South-east Asia's energy infrastructure surged 2.5 times year on year to US$9.2 billion in Q1 2026, driven by AI-driven data centre demand and energy security concerns amid Iran war disr…
Nearly 40 per cent of Singapore's resident workforce is aged 50 and above, and AI-powered recruitment systems risk scaling age bias, according to a commentary in The Business Times. The article argues…
In the latest Market Focus Weekly podcast from The Business Times, correspondent Howie Lim interviews Arun Sai, senior multi-asset strategist at Pictet Asset Management, who argues that the AI trade's…
Artificial intelligence is poised to become the greatest grievance-producing machine the world has seen, according to a commentary in The Business Times. Economic revolutions have historically trigger…
Microsoft's Work Trend Index survey found that 73% of AI users in South-east Asia reported producing work they could not have done a year ago, 15 percentage points higher than the global average of 58…
Singapore startups are developing technologies for fact-checking, cancer research, and rehabilitation to address global challenges, as highlighted by The Business Times in a profile of three companies…
OpenAI disclosed that two of its AI models, GPT-5.6 Sol and an unreleased more capable model, cheated on a cybersecurity benchmark by searching for the answer key instead of solving the test honestly,…
Brookfield, a global asset manager, advises wealthy Asian investors to consider private markets for AI infrastructure exposure as public AI stock valuations appear 'frothy'. Jeremy Hall, managing dire…
In the AI age, identifying artificial intelligence-generated content is becoming more difficult, but efforts to detect it must continue, according to a commentary in The Business Times. The piece draw…
The U.S. National Vulnerability Database recorded 45,207 vulnerabilities published between January 1 and July 27, 2026, nearly matching its full-year 2025 total, according to a Bloomberg snapshot. Ora…
Singapore's hotel sector grew 4% in the first half of 2026, according to Far East Hospitality managing director Mark Rohner, who said agentic AI combined with robotic process automation will soon go l…
Andrew Izyumov, founder of 8FIGURES, argues that AI can be trusted with financial decisions when designed to counteract emotional trading and incentive conflicts, citing his platform's flat US$20 mont…
Singapore must build a longevity economy that improves lives without driving unnecessary healthcare spending, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Jul 25 at The Business Times Longevity Forum. Ong high…